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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
10
Notice to stockholders of The Ricker National Bank of Quincy Illinois for the election of nine directors. Meeting at the banking house in Quincy on the 14th day of January 1919 between 9 o clock AM and 4 o clock PM. Dated December 13 1918 H. F. J. Ricker Cashier.
The market shows a steady Thursday with higher prices in reading indust ries and a favored Studebaker amid expected accumulation. TV, S. Steel near 94, buy on declines. St Paul Pacifics Atchison weak days buy. oil and copper stocks gain daily. recommendations include Anaconda copper Sinelatr oil Caledonia Hecla Cresson Gold.
Chicago Jan 19 strong selling followed statements that licenses for Argentine corn imports were recommended by the food administration to the war trade board. Prices fell with corn leading losses. oats and meats also tumbled as traders faced potential imports and weak cash markets.【Note: Summary condensed to reflect main event and market impact with key entities.】
Thursday's market at the local lot features hay as the main item with high prices. Twenty four loads changed hands including four loads of loose mixed hay at 25 dollars and several other hay and grain lots plus a steady hog market and no other quotation changes.
The Knollenberg Milling Company reports prices for wheat oats corn rye and various hay grades. Hogs from 140 to 250 pounds near Quincy quotable at 15.95 to 19.10 dollars, with lighter weights up to 18.95. Butter poultry and other farm items priced. turpentine and linseed quotes also listed.
Chicago and other midwest exchanges report varied corn and oats prices with No. 2 and No. 4 mixed ranges, No. 3 yellow and white notes, and sample grades. Regional reports from St. Louis Peoria Kansas City Minneapolis and New York show slight shifts in cash wheat corn and oats with specific bid prices for several grades.
Market notes list clover seed prime cash prices at 26.25 in January 268.88 in February 25.65 in March 25.54. Alsike seed prime cash 19.508 in January 19.59 in March 19.80. Beat prime cash oldef City new 5.07 percent January 5.07 February 5.22 April 5.02 May.
Chicago report lists rye at 1.62 barley at 171.07 Timothy and clover shown in nominal values with minor shifts noted. The brief item records commodity quotes in a condensed market ledger style.
Buyers show strong demand for well broken southern horses with high prices. Reports note active mules market with good animals selling at satisfactory prices. Prices span from 125 to 180 dollars for farm mares and southern types, with turnout of horses from small ponies to large 16 to 16 1/2 hands fetching up to 525 dollars.
Distillers of the country voted to press court action to prevent a dry summer. An executive committee was named: George C. Dempsey Julius Kessler H M Naylon George F Diertle Samuel Woolner George Benz and Marion Taylor. The panel will meet in Chicago next Tuesday. FIL WILL FRIDAY. OYSTER BAY N Y Jan 3 W Emlin Roosevelt said the colonel s will likely be filed in Mineola Friday and has not disclosed its contents. Iceland ranks farming as a leading industry with strong sheep and dairy sectors and exports about 370000 worth of butter in a year.
Timothy hay market remains firm with strong receipts and local demand in St Louis. No. 1 timothy priced at 82.50 to 32.50, standard 31.30 to 32.50, No. 2 29 to 30, No. 3 25 to 26, with mixed and clover and alfalfa grades listed and straw at 9.50. Also a note on cane and beet sugar analysis matching a fixed chemical composition.
Stocks in New York showed uneven moves with pools and cliques steering trading while public interest lagged. Texas Pacific Land Trust rose 99 points to 320, United States Steel slid, and Mexican Petroleum lagged. total sales around 4.88 million. Liberty bonds held steady as general bond activity remained subdued.
Hogs receipts reach 15 500 at St Louis with prices up to 18 10 for heavy hogs cattle receipts 6 500 at steady values with steers to 18 50 calves to 17 00 and sheep steady lambs to 17 25 Kansas City shows hogs at 17 40 for feeders and 17 60 for trade cattle with prime steers to 20 and calves to 7 16 verses. Chicago reports mixed markets with hogs around 16 80 to 17 40 and cattle steady to higher.
New York reports show butter and eggs prices and receipts in major cities with varied levels across regions. Also notes Martin Van Buren as the eighth president and the first born after independence, and John Tyler as the first born after the United States formation.
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